Monday, June 22, 2009

Good afternoon.

We are back in Emeryville at the hotel. David did much better this time, thank you for the prayers. I told them that the Fentanyl just didn't help with the pain the last time, so this time they gave him Dilaudid. He did soooo much better!! He woke up better and his pain level was only a 5-6. We were able to leave the hospital when they got his pain down to a 4. They gave him two percoset before we left, and now his pain is at a 2. I can't tell you how different it was this time. He recovered so much faster this time. The only glitch is this time he has been feeling nauseous. But we are trying to stay on top of that. He also woke up very itchy!! He wouldn't take Benadryl, tho. They gave him some liquid antacid before surgery; they didn't want his ulcer acting up. They also didn't want him to be nauseous when he woke up. It was cute, the anesthesiologist drank one of the antacid cups with David (see pictures!!) He said he wanted to know what it tastes like. He liked it, David didn't! Anyway, thank you for all your prayers. It went better this time. Please pray for us tomorrow as we go home. Please pray that David is comfortable on the ride home. Thank you.

Please pray that we all sleep good tonight. I didn't sleep very well last night; go figure!! You would think that with David going into surgery so many times it would get easier with time. Yeah, not so much!! He was crying before he got the 'happy medicine,' poor kid. He also got the spots he always gets (when he is stressed or having an axiety attack) as they were wheeling him off to surgery. This was his 9th surgery, but the 10th time he was put under general anesthetic. And we know he has at least 2 more leg surgeries. Grrr. But we will get through this, somehow or other.

Thank you for visiting and checking in on David. Thank you for all your love, prayers, and support. Keep it up, it is working!!! Have a good night. God bless you. We love you. {{HUGS}}

Kristi and the Koury Klan

Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles. ~Alex Karras